Under the Hood

PLM 360 Video Spotlight - Lifecycle Management

Hello all PLM 360 fans, enthusiasts,and aficionados. This week’s video spotlight is on Lifecycle Management. This video is timely as the Vault to PLM 360 Sync tool is now live on Autodesk Subscription Center. http://subscription.autodesk.com/

Lifecycles are a key part of Items in PLM 360 that go through revision changes. Items in PLM 360 that are in a Revision Controlled revise though the use of a Revisioning workspace that follows a defined Lifecycle definition. Within the Lifecycle route are states and transitions that define the behavior of the Items.

This video takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Lifecycle editor and how to advance Lifecycle states using a Change Order in PLM 360.

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/PLM_360/enu/community/Videos/Lifecycle_Management_Guide

-Brian Schanen

PLM 360 Video spotlight - Creating New Items

Hello PLM 360 fans. This week’s video spotlight is the next step in using PLM 360. By now you’ve seen the administrative side, setting up your site, users, workflow. Now I’d like to take you on a tour of creating and using Items created in a workspace. Also discussed is the Main Menu of Categories, Cloning Items, and the Left Search view of any given Workspace.

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/PLM_360/enu/community/Videos/Creating_New_Items

Please note that these videos will also be posted to the official Autodesk PLM 360 YouTube channel.

Enjoy!

 

-Brian Schanen

PLM 360 Video Spotlight - Users, Groups, and Roles

This week’s video highlight involves a crucial step in the setup and configuration of your PLM 360 site: user access and security. This tutorial is aimed at the administrative role within Autodesk PLM 360 and includes an overview of how users are added to groups, and groups are assigned to roles.

Throughout the video I’ve also included some best practices on naming of roles and user inclusion into groups. Enjoy!

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/PLM_360/enu/community/Videos/Adding_Users_and_Setting_Up_Groups

-Brian Schanen

New - Autodesk Vault Product Data Management Profile video posted

Hey Vault fans! We have a new customer profile video posted to TheVaultKnowAll. Vault Product Line Manager, Jeremy Lambert, gives an overview of the benefits you can experience with Product Data Management using Autodesk Vault software, highlighting customer examples from Joy Mining Machinery and Reilly Windows and Doors. Enjoy!

-Brian Schanen

New Videos - Autodesk Vault and Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Integration

Good News! New integration between Autodesk Vault 2012 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010 has been announced. Read the press release here. http://bit.ly/mnFaGq

Following that, if you’re wondering just how this looks, we’ve prepared some videos for you. These two videos cover the Autodesk Vault and Microsoft SharePoint workflows from both a Manufacturing and AEC perspective. Both are posted to TheVaultKnowsAll:

And the AEC flavored video:

-Brian Schanen

Vault Collaboration AEC videos available

Introducing a new series of videos on TheVaultKnowsAll channel. This week we’re looking at technologies that extend Autodesk Vault family of products to support BIM processes and workflows across companies and geographies, along with Vault integration videos with Navisworks, Civil 3D, and Revit. I’ve created the Vault Collaboration AEC playlist for these videos. Enjoy!

 

-Brian Schanen

Flexibility and Improvements in Autodesk Vault

New Vault Summer school videos are uploaded to TheVaultKnowsAll and ready for your viewing. Introducing Module 6: Flexibility and Improvements with Autodesk Vault. This is a 5 part video module that covers: File Management enhancements, Job Server, Item Master improvements, and Item Export options.

Of special note on this playlist is File Resolution Enhancements with Autodesk Vault 2012. This features a side-by-side comparison of Vault Professional 2011 and Vault Professional 2012 the same actions being performed in each to showcase enhancements in the 2012 release. Note that these changes apply to all of the Vault 2012 products. Enjoy!

-Brian Schanen

Extended Communication with Autodesk Vault

The latest Vault Summer School video series posted to TheVaultKnowsAll is Module 5, Collaborate and Communicate with Autodesk Vault. This is a 10 part video module that covers extending valuable Vaulted information to other members in the design team. Topics include Microsoft Outlook integration, Project Dashboard in Vault,  Web Client, Change Orders, and Replication.

-Brian Schanen

New Autodesk Vault integration videos

Hey Vault enthusiasts! New video series is ready and posted to TheVaultKnowsAll. Introducing module 4, Engineering and Analysis with Autodesk Vault. This is a 6 part video module that continues examining integrations from a day-in-the-life from a CAD users perspective. These go beyond the integrations for AutoCAD and Inventor and include Vault integrations with Navisworks, 3DS Max, Inventor Publisher, Simulation, and Autodesk Revit.

-Brian Schanen

Autodesk Vault Video Series on CAD Integrations

Introducing a new series of Vault tutorials posted to TheVaultKnowsAll: Module 3, Capturing your Concepts with Autodesk Vault. This is a 10 part video module that covers a day-in-the-life from a CAD users perspective. Topics include In-CAD access to Vault Projects, Visual Data Management, Revision Table integration, and Sheet Set Manager integration.

-Brian Schanen